Earth:Tuber Hill
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Tuber Hill | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,500 m (8,200 ft) |
Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] 50°54′N 123°24′W / 50.9°N 123.4°W |
Geography | |
Location | Upper Bridge River, British Columbia, Canada |
Parent range | Pacific Ranges |
Topo map | NTS Script error: No such module "Canada NTS". |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Pleistocene |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Volcanic arc/belt | Canadian Cascade Arc Garibaldi Volcanic Belt |
Last eruption | Pleistocene |
Tuber Hill is a small 600,000-year-old basaltic stratovolcano that was constructed on the Bridge River highlands when nearby valleys were packed with ice. Tuber Hill is part of the Garibaldi segment of the Canadian Cascade Arc, but is not in the geographic Cascade Range.
See also
- Bridge River Cones
- Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
- Bridge River
- List of volcanoes in Canada
- Volcanism of Canada
- Volcanism of Western Canada
- Cascade Volcanic Arc
References
- "Bridge River Cones". Smithsonian Institution. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=320170.
- Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes - Tuber Hill
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuber Hill.
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